Nintendo is working on bringing multiplayer touchscreen support to the Wii U, meaning more than one tablet can be used at once. Joe has been writing about consumer tech for nearly seven years now, but ...

The new Wii U console will debut in 2012. It combines motion control with a touchscreen game controller. Nintendo says "it will change the way we play games". Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host ...

Wii U's Gamepad is not a tablet, and is distinguishable in that it can do a lot of things that your average tablet cannot. That was the sentiment from Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime in a ...

At the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo unveiled the Wii U and the new tablet-like controller for the system. Many unknowns still linger about the system's functionality, but one question ...

I love the idea of the Wii U: about the size of an Iomega Zip Drive dipped in glossy black — a trifle bigger than the Wii, but still half that of the competition’s comparably desktop-like boxes; a ...

Yesterday we reported on findings that indicated only a single Wii U tablet controller would be usable with Nintendo's upcoming console at any given time. In what seemed to be a slip of the tongue ...

Nintendo's Wii U system has struggled to keep up with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It has sold 9.5 million units as of May since its launch in late 2012, in contrast to the PS4's 22.3 million since ...

Apparently Nintendo plans to make the Wii U into a fully functional e-reader, among other things. According to blog Forget The Box, a Los Angeles-based software firm was approached by Nintendo about ...

Forget Nintendo’s lackluster January console sales, forget worries about dwindling interest in game consoles in general — Shigeru Miyamoto clearly believes in the Wii U, and he’s thinking well beyond ...

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Overall game console shipments declined over 30% year-over-year through the first half of 2012; although these results do not signal the end of console gaming. The ...

This is what the console itself looks like–it’s about 1.8 inches tall, supports 1080p Full HD video over HDMI and Component (or SD via composite/S-video), has internal flash memory as well as USB ...